Contributed by Rich Buchicchio, National Sales and Marketing Manager We all know about “The First Man” on the Moon. However, when Neil Armstrong took his historic step on the surface of the Moon, he was wearing a bio-belt that was fitted with a Cicoil engineered Biomedical Harness. Without this important piece of the Space puzzle, […]
Where are Active Optical Cables used?
AOCs are typically used in production line applications, where high-resolution images are used for quality control, or to extend the control and video signals of a machine or computer that may be 50-200 ft away. For example, by using AOCs, clean room manufacturing can now be controlled several hundreds of feet away in a main […]
What are Active Optical Cables?
The proliferation of bandwidth-hungry applications such as 4K/8K/10K video, as well as augmented and virtual reality, are all fueling the need for reliable, faster data transmission between sources and displays. At lengths of 5 m and beyond, copper cables are simply no longer able to keep up with this insatiable bandwidth demand at the speeds […]
igus e-chains hoist historic New England bridge, reduce maintenance
A bridge that connects New Hampshire and Maine may look very similar to the almost 100-year-old bridge that it replaced, but it has been equipped with some revolutionary technology. The bridge has been outfitted with an energy chain system from igus to guide the motor and fiber optic cables that aid in the raising and […]
Why should you certify LAN cabling installation?
LAN cable certifiers are the go-to method of testing twisted pair cabling. But why do installers need to certify cabling? And what is the difference between a certifier and other types of LAN testers? In this post, Dan Barrera, Global Product Manager from IDEAL Networks offers some insight. “Put simply, the first two elements of […]
igus E-tubes energy chains simplify bending tool machinery
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of machine tools is using energy tubes from igus in one of its most complex and popular product lines. TRUMPF Inc., based in Connecticut, is the North American subsidiary of TRUMPF Germany. The company has approximately 70 subsidiaries, nearly 11,000 employees and generates annual sales of more than $3 […]
Shielding and filtering are not independent of one another
By Keith Armstrong, C.Eng(UK), FIEE/IET, Senior MIEEE, ACGI, EurIng(Gp1) on behalf of EMC Standards Filtering and shielding have to be designed together, as a system. They simply cannot provide their shielding or filtering independently of each other. I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked to fix an EMC problem, only […]
Robust flexible cable from Cicoil powers Coca Cola’s Robotic Sign at Times Square
Cicoil recently helped Coca Cola revolutionize its Times Square sign with a New 3-D Robotic Video Display. The sophisticated 68 x 42 ft robotic billboard is made up of 1760 high-resolution LED cubes which are in continuous motion, exposed to all kinds of weather and operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because […]
Online tool from Roxtec simplifies and speeds up cable and pipe transit design
Roxtec’s Transit Designer tool allows users to design thousands of cable and pipe transits in just a few minutes in a quick and easy manner. The tool allows users to filter by application, certificate and sealing requirements by entering cable schedule, sealing requirements and installation preferences. The tool generates manufacturer-approved outputs (dxf, step, excel) for exact specifications, […]
Top 8 wire and cable stories of the year
Cable types abound, available with different types of conductors for different purposes. Is fiber optic the best route or will copper conductors suit your task? Is your application requiring data, networking or power transmission? How will EMI effect my application? All these questions make cable selection tricky. So it’s no surprise that our most viewed […]
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